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To accommodate visitors to campus for the Total Solar Eclipse, WKU has delayed the start of classes on all campuses until 4pm on Monday, August 21, 2017. Offices at all WKU campuses will observe regular hours that day. For more information, visit wku.edu/eclipse.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their guidance and toolkit
for child care providers regarding the flu and released new information on Friday,
September 4, 2009. Please review the information below. The toolkit is very useful.
The Toolkit includes: Fact Sheet for Early Childhood Program Providers, Fact Sheets
to Inform Parents, Poster for Child Care Centers to Remind Parents to Keep Sick Children
at Home, and Template Letters (or E-mails) to send to Parents.

The revised guidance recommends, based on current flu conditions, that early childhood
program staff and children with flu-like illness stay home until at least 24 hours
after they no longer have a fever (100 degrees Fahrenheit or 37.8 degrees Celsius
measured by mouth) or signs of a fever (have chills, feel very warm, have a flushed
appearance, or are sweating). This should be determined without the use of fever-reducing
medications (any medicine that contains ibuprofen or acetaminophen). This is a shorter
time period from the previous guidance which recommended that sick early childhood
program providers and children stay home 7 days after symptoms begin. The 7 day period
away from early childhood programs for sick children and early childhood program providers
would still be recommended under more severe flu conditions.